2018 Junior National Orienteering Team Announced

JTESC and the Junior National Coaches are pleased to announce the U.S. Junior Development Team and the Junior National Team athletes for 2018. With a second coach we are thrilled to say we have a record number of athletes committing to and participating in the junior national program. This allows us to have a more formal development team this year which will help our young juniors get the developmental support they need to progress to the national and international levels of competition. This process will help us implement a multi-stage development process to better prepare the U.S. athletes, keep more juniors involved at various levels, and ultimately sustain our national teams in the long run. Here are the athletes:

Junior Development Team (JDT):

Diana Aleksieva, QOC

Jessica Colleran, COC

Nathan Collinsworth, ROC

Antoine Finot, BAOC

Christiane Fletcher, GAOC

Viktor Frolenko, DVOA

Bridget Hall, NEOC

Keegan Harkavy, NEOC

Jennifer Harnage, GAOC

Jordan Hertel, OCIN

Jacob Hook, LAOC

Zachary Kuder, QOC

Sam Loustaunau, QOC

Kirsten Mayland, DVOA

Alexis Merka, QOC

Kai Mihata. COC

Salinda Miller, OCIN

John Phillips, LAOC

Dylan Poe, OCIN

Danny Riley, CAOC

Oriana Riley, DVOA

Joshua Sanchez, QOC

Adrian Vartia, OK löftan (Sweden)

Vilppu Viinikainen, NEOC

Deirdre Young. HVO

Junior National Team (JNT):

Brigitte Bordelon, USMAOC

Siri Christopherson, COC

Tyra Christopherson, COC

Julia Doubson, BAOC

Martin B Heir, Fossum IF (Norway)

Thomas Laraia, MNOC

Turner Leigh, QOC

Aidan Minto, IOC

Katie Petersen, BAOC

Sarah Petersen, BAOC

Anthony (AJ) Riley, DVOA

David Runde, MNOC

Caroline Sandbo, COC

Piotr (Peter) Zakrevski, HVO

Please note we are still accepting applications for the JDT and hope we can continue to grow our numbers. Info and applications can be found on the Junior Program page.

The work starts at home and we are looking forward to a great year. Go USA!!